The two firefights took place between 12 midnight and 2 am on Wednesday but no casualty was reported. Taking advantage of pitch dark, the terrorists managed to escape, officials said.
In view of Muharram on 17th of this month, the district police held a meeting at Rishra police station with the Muharram organizers and committees towards peace and communal harmony.
General Dwivedi began his two-day visit with an inspection of the 3 Corps headquarters in Dimapur, Nagaland yesterday.
Pro-government military and security services in Taiz have launched an investigation to identify the perpetrators, Xinhua news agency reported.
Northern Army Commander Lt General MV Suchindra Kumar asked the troops to remain in a high state of operational alacrity to meet all forthcoming challenges.
Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane stressed that self-reliance will help the country take giant strides on the path of becoming a developed nation by 2047.
Unidentified miscreants launched petrol bombs at two police stations and a government office in Shillong.
The seats going to polls are: Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr (SC), Aligarh and Mathura.
The Chief Minister urged the voters at Kothi Meena Bazaar to re-elect sitting Agra MP and BJP Lok Sabha candidate SP Singh Baghel, along with Fatehpur Sikri MP and BJP candidate Rajkumar Chahar, to Parliament.
The 8 seats where polling would be held in the first phase include Saharanpur, Bijnor, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur, and Pilibhit.
